Delegate Voigt
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- May 12, 1894Fireboat or No Fireboat: Insurers Threaten a 25% Rate HikeUnderwriters tell the city to staff its fireboat properly or watch waterfront insurance premiums jump a quarter.Seattle, WA
- Jul 10, 1894Seattle's Fire Chief Accused as the Council Wrestles a Telephone Franchise and a Paving BillBoth houses of the city council meet late into the night: charges that Chief Hunt holds office under false pretenses, a twenty-five-year franchise for the Seattle Home Telephone Company, and a fight over who pays for the sick and injured.Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
- Aug 28, 1894Six "Extra Secretaries" and $60: How Seattle Paid Its Way Into the Tacoma FairA committee of Seattle boosters comes home from Tacoma with free space, free light and a free steamboat ride — then talks the city council into funding an exhibit through a bookkeeping dodge.Seattle, WA
- Aug 28, 1894The Water Famine on Kenton HillResidents get water only about three hours a day while Seattle’s two council houses argue over pumps, sprinkling schedules and fire hose.Seattle, WA
- Apr 19, 1895The Streets Seattle Was About to Give AwayA city council committee votes to vacate waterfront streets south of Charles Street, and the city engineer warns that private tide-land leases could cut Seattle off from deep water.Seattle, WA